Facebook’s Global Director of Real Estate, John Tenanes, said in a blog post:
Some features of the campus might be familiar. We’ve always believed in “hacking out” our space—putting up posters and scribbling ideas on the walls—so we lined the hallways with chalkboard paint and put a box of chalk on everyone’s desk. Everywhere you go is stimulating and different. We’ve exposed the ductwork along the high-ceilinged corridors to give the place an unfinished feel and remind us that our work is never done.
There are no private offices or cubicles. We tore down those unnecessary walls so that everyone could sit out in the open with their teams. We’ve scattered hundreds of conference rooms and “cozies”—little breakaway spaces filled with couches and brightly colored chairs—throughout the buildings. As people run into each other in hallways or at the micro-kitchens, it’s important that they can quickly duck away somewhere if they want to chat or hash out ideas. Every conference room features a glass wall or panel so that you can quickly see what’s going on inside. This is because we believe transparency and openness help us move fast, even as we grow.
The whole campus is connected through a central courtyard. Right now it’s still filled with bulldozers and dirt, but when it’s finished, we’ll have two full-service cafes, two coffee shops, on-site doctors, a fitness center, and much more. And as always, we still offer other perks like free dry cleaning and endless snacks in our micro-kitchens.
There is more to the story. Facebook seems to be working out tips and tricks to keep themselves in the ‘favorite’ section. The social media giant has donated laptops to Meno Park’s Belle Haven Middle School, and are running safety workshops. Moreover the company has sponsored Zimride to come to the city. Thats more than something one can consume.
The company has always tried to get in a bucket full of updates at the same time, so that the critics and users stay busy noting the updates and stop looking at the negative section of the same.
Another update was noted by Tenanes, wherein he said that Facebook will soon launch “Facebucks,” which is described as a program, which would be for the employees and would work as an incentive program to “get out, enjoy and spend money in downtown Menlo Park.” Further, he added that the Facebook team is “relentlessly focused” on minimizing its impact on the environment, and is pursuing a LEED Gold certification, offering recycling and composting bins everywhere for employees.